2 Euros Escorial

Features

Issuer	Spain
King	Juan Carlos I (1975-2014)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2013
Value	2 Euros 2 EUR = USD 2.32
Currency	Euro (2002-date)
Composition	Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring
Weight	8.5 g
Diameter	25.75 mm
Thickness	2.2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 42976
References	KM# 1305 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 577 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Monastery and Site of the Escorial

Series: World Heritage in Spain

Obverse

San Lorenzo del Escorial Monastery in the inner part. The coin’s outer ring depicts the twelve stars of the European flag.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ESPAÑA
2013
M

Translation: Spain.

Engraver: Alfonso Morales Muñoz

Reverse

Map of Europe symbolizing the gathering of the fifteen nations of the European Union and twelve stars (six above and six below map).

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2 EURO
LL

Unabridged legend: 2 euros.

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

Lettering on reeding. The sequence "2 ★ ★" repeated six times alternately upright and inverted.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 2 ★ ★ ↊ ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ ↊ ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ ↊ ★ ★

Mint

(M)	Royal Mint of Madrid (Real Casa de la Moneda de Madrid), Spain (1591-date)

Comments

El Escorial is one of several Spanish royal sites due to its history as a residence of the royal family. The palace was designed by King Philip II and architect Juan Bautista de Toledo to serve as a monument to Spain's central role in the Christian world.

UNESCO Site: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/318

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2013 M	4 000 000	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.70	$ 2.70	$ 3.50		97%
2013 M	54 000							$ 21	BU set	1.4%
2013 M	1 300								Proof	0.3%

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